Mark Wroe


Mark Wroe
Bishop of Berwick
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Newcastle
In office2021 to present
PredecessorMark Tanner
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Northumberland (2018–2020)
Orders
Ordination1996 (deacon)
1997 (priest)
Personal details
Born1969 (age 54–55)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materSt Mary's Roman Catholic College, Strawberry Hill
Ridley Hall, Cambridge

Mark Wroe (born 1969) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2021, he has served as Bishop of Berwick. Previously, from 2018 to 2020, he was Archdeacon of Northumberland[1] — both in the Church of England's Diocese of Newcastle.[2]

Biography

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Wroe studied theology, religious studies and classics at St Mary's Roman Catholic College Strawberry Hill (SIMMS) from 1989 to 1992 (now St Mary's University, Twickenham): the Degrees were awarded by Surrey University. He trained for ordained ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1996 and as a priest in 1997. He served his title at All Saints, Chilvers Coton with St Mary the Virgin in Nuneaton in Warwickshire between 1996 and 2000. He was then appointed priest-in-charge and subsequently vicar at St Alban's Church, Windy Nook in Tyne and Wear. From 2007 until 2018, he was priest-in-charge of St Barnabas and St Jude, and vicar of Holy Trinity, Jesmond in Newcastle. In 2017, he also became Area Dean of the Central Newcastle Deanery.[3] In 2018, he became acting Archdeacon of Northumberland, being appointed to the position in 2019.[4]

On 20 October 2020, it was announced that Wroe is to be consecrated a bishop in "early 2021", to serve as Bishop of Berwick, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Newcastle.[5] He was duly consecrated on 5 January 2021, by Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, at York Minster.[6] On Christine Hardman's retirement, 30 November 2021, Wroe became acting diocesan Bishop of Newcastle (as sole suffragan bishop of the diocese).[7]

References

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  1. ^ Diocese of Newcastle. "Installation of the Archdeacon of Northumberland - Diocese of Newcastle". newcastle.anglican.org. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Mark Wroe". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Suffragan Bishop of Berwick: Mark Wroe". GOV.UK. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Bishop of Newcastle appoints new Archdeacon of Northumberland - Newcastle Cathedral Church of St Nicholas". stnicholascathedral.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Diocese of Newcastle - News - Next Bishop of Berwick announced". Archived from the original on 20 October 2020.
  6. ^ "New Bishop of Berwick consecrated at York Minster - Newcastle Diocese".
  7. ^ "Bishop Christine bids emotional farewell as Bishop of Newcastle". Diocese of Newcastle. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.


Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Northumberland
2018–2021
Succeeded by